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W. A. MOORE.

WAGON RACK.

Patented Mar, 10; 1885.

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Application filed December 18, 1884. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that LWALTER A. MOORE, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State ofSouth Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement inVagon-Racks, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in racks for wagons, which willbe hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawingsorniing part of this specification, Figure lis a perspective. view otl the rack. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ot' therack placed on a wagon. Fig. 3 is an end view cf Fig. 2.

This rack is a regular frame Vconsisting` ot' two side sills, A A, andtwo end sills, A A, framed together and fastened in any convenient andsubstantial manner. At each corner is a corner-post, B, secured properlyto the sills A A. On the top of the four posts B are four plates. C,framed and secured like the sills A A. From the end sills, A A, are

braces a a, to stiften or brace the cornervposts. On eachside of therack are placed two planks. D D,which are secured at each end to the endi sills, A A. The end sills, A A, are made wider in their middle part,A, having their square shoulders a to tit exactly inside oftheside-boards E of the wagon, as shown in the end view, Fig. 3, at c. Onthe sides of the rack are iron rods b b b, fastened'to the sills A andplates C.

In Fig. 3 the barrels are shown as they are 1 to be packed in the wagon.The dotted horizontal lines represent large-sized wires,which can beextended across each end to keep the barrels in place.

This rack is made nearly as long as the inside length of the wagon, sothat the wide part of each end will catch against the front and tailgateto prevent the rack from slipping forward or backward. The wings extendover the wheels each side. In an ordinary-sized wagon with a rack ofthis character forty barrels can be transported with safety, and notencroach sidewise upon the roadway.

Vhen the rack is placed on a Wagon, and the interior of the wagon hasits complement of barrels, it will be seen that the frame or rack iskept securely in place by the barrels. Other barrels are then placed onthe boards D D, and afterward .the remainder are placed as shown inFigs. 2 and 3.

Vhat I claim is A rack or frame for Wagons, the two endr sills of whichhave the middle part wider than the ends thereof to lit inside of thewagonbed, and side planks, D D, on the cross-sills,V

extending horizontally over and beyond the wheels of the wagon tosupport part of the contents, all substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto aflix mysignature in pres' ence of two witnesses.

WALTER A. MOORE. Vitnesses:

GEORGE S. BROWN, JAMES R. GREADY.

